TAEWOONG, South Korea
Biggest continuously cast round steel bloomThe new three-strand caster for big blooms of up to 1000mm diameter by SMS Concast sets a mile stone in steel production history. Together with SMS Concast, Taewoong has successfully designed, commissioned and is now running a caster, with a casting radius of 18 m. This ensures the elongation within the straightening zone remains below permissible values, even in the case of grades which are susceptible to cracking. The result is that 100% of the blooms can be produced without cracks. Moreover Taewoong could reduce their re-stranding times of up to 65% by using the top feeding dummy bar system by SMS.
Main technical data
Heat size | 100 – 120 t |
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Steel Grades | Carbon steel, alloyed steel, stainless steel |
Production Route | EAF / LF / VD-VOD / CCM or Ingot Casting |
Annual Production | 600’000 tpy |
Semi-finished product | Large blooms (Ø600mm to Ø1000mm) → for internal forging facilities Small blooms (Ø310mm to Ø410mm) → also for market demand |
# Strands | 3 |
Radius | 18 m, multiple unbending radii |